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. Tag! No. -231,145-. Pafented Feb. 1, 188i.

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UNITE STATES PATENT OFFIGEQ FRANCIS H. TOBIAS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 237,145, dated February1, 1881.

Application filed November 18, 1880. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FRANCIS H. TOBIAS, acitizen of the United States, residing at New York city, in the countyof New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Tags or Tickets; and I do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and toletters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis specification.

My invention relates to that class of tags or tickets provided with wirefastenings for attaching them to the article to which they are to beaffixed; and theinvention consists in the peculiar construction of theparts, which will be hereinafter more fullydescribed, and pointed out inthe claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents an inverted plan of aticket with a portion of the backing removed. Figs. 2 and 3 representsectional views, Fig. 2 showing a strengthening-piece, of linen.

A represents a ticket, which'may either be entirelyplain on the face ormay have any desired word or figures printed thereon, and B is abacking, which may be made of any ordinarily-stout paper. Through thisbacking a spiral or coiled wire, 0, having one end pointed and the otherflattened out and bent at an angle, as shown, is passed, leaving theflattened portion a on one side and the curved portion 1) on the other.The ticket A and the backing B are then cemented together with theflattened end between them, thus firmly securing the wire in position.By bending the coiled wire 0: at its inner end so as to form a rightangle, and flattening it, as shown at a, the wire fastening has a broadbase to sustain it in position, and its upper and lower facebeingextended, a larger extent ofsurface on both faces is afforded forthe cement, by means of which the layer or ticket A and its backing Bare cemented to the top and bottom faces of the flattened portion a ofthe coiled wire 0, whereby the latteris more securely held in place thanif the end a of the coiled wire were not flattened. The flatteningallows of much larger wire being used than could be otherwise employed,because, if large wire were employed without flattening, the stiffnessof the paper backing would not allow of the two thicknesses of the papercoming in contact for some distance on each side of the wire betweenthem.

As a means of strengthening the ticket, and as a further security inholding the pin in position, a piece of linen or other woven fabric, 0,may be placed between the ticket and backing or, where extra durabilityis required, there may be a piece of linen placed on each side of theflattened end of the wire, between the ticket and backing.

To give more surface between the ticket and backing the wire may be madelonger and curved or bent into any desired form and then flattened.

I prefer that the wire should be hard or unannealed; but it may be madesoft, if desired, and used as hereinafter explained.

A ticket thus formed may be readily attached to any woven or knittedfabric by simply entering the point of the wire and then turning theticket around, which will cause the spiral or coil to screw its way intothe material, thus securely attaching the ticket. If

the wire has been annealed, a slight pressure on the ticket will flattenthe spiral, and it will then hold faster still, but cannot be so readilyremoved.

This ticket has .a combination of advantages not possessed by any oneticket that I am acquainted with. It is readily attached or detachedwhen in the cloth presents no loose wires to catch in other objects; itrequires no flattening of the wires to hold it in the fabric, and whenattached it can be readily turned in any position for examination.

I am aware that a ticket composed of twolayers of paperbetween which issecured the head or bridge of the fastenin g-sprin gs, which extendthrough the bottom layer and are adapted to pass through and have theirends turned down on the fabric and fasten the ticket thereto, hasheretofore been employed; and I am also aware that a ticket-holdercomposed of a recessed button or holder having a spiral-screw pin at theback or under side to enter the fabric, and a ticket-clampin gthumb-screw at the front part, has heretofore been employed, and Itherefore lay no claim to such inventions, my at a, substantially asdescribed, and for the invention being confined to the details of 0011-purpose set forth. l0 struction as pointed out in the claim. Intestimony whereof I afiix my signature in What I claim as new is- Ipresence of two witnesses. A ticket composed of two layers of paper,FRANCIS H. TOBIAS. A B, between which is cemented the wire 0, Witnesses;having its outer end, b, curved spirally and MICHAEL H. CARDOZO,pointed, and its inner end bent and flattened DANIEL P. MAHONY.

